Why does my old abit motherboard have two PCI-E slots but doesn't support multiple GPUs?

Why does my old abit motherboard have two PCI-E slots but doesn't support multiple GPUs?

What's the extra PCI-E slot used for?

Moar SSDs.
There's never enough SSDs.

aha cheers.

sound cards, raid cards, ssd's, etc

sadly none of these seem worth adding to such an old system

Add wireless / networking card and make into pfsense firewall / wireless router

I have it a Silverstone ML03 case atm and I'm using under the TV with Ubuntu + KODI

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>two x16 slots
>right next to each other with no slot in between
what did they mean by this

Gpus havent always been dual slot

I hse to have a board like this with two x16 slots right next to eachother
One for a 9800gt, one for a raid card

>>Gpus havent always been dual slot
even when they weren't it was commonly recommended to leave an empty slot next to them for breathing room. Hell, I remember being told that when I put a Radeon 9700 in my Athlon XP machine back in 2004.

Of course it supports multiple GPUs , just not in SLI/crossfire

Is it possible to use a computer for anything other than video games?!?!

Not every GPU generates a lot of heat

There are thousands of PCIe cards that are not GPUs

A long time ago there existed single slot gpus

They still do

The last single slot GPU that I can remember is the ELSA GTX 750TI

You can put a 2-slot card on the bottom slot and use the topmost one for 1-slot cards.

>Make a 200 way router

might be workstation oriented for something like M4000 Quadros

>single cpu socket matx mobo
>workstation oriented
don't be silly

Asus makes a metric ton of m-atx WS series workstation boards optimized for rack mounts.

>2. You will immediately cease and not continue to access the site if you are under the age of 18.

SuperMicro makes M-ATX server and workstation motherboards like this C232 chipset Xeon board.

okay call me a fool then

>Why does my old abit motherboard have two PCI-E slots but doesn't support multiple GPUs?

You can still SLI any cards you want on that baka.
Just use a pcie riser to move them further apart

You're a fool for thinking a workstation must be dual socket.